Subject	It's plenty fun, but not really that competitive of a car.
Posted by	boileralum on September 27, 2005 at 10:04 PM
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In Reply To	am i wrong in saying the Z is a poor autox car? posted by naZeer (Houston) on September 27, 2005 at 08:50 PM
Message	You can't get enough rubber under the car (275F, 285R is the max race rubber you can fit without some fender modding), and the car weighs too much. It is still a lot of fun though, and at your local region it might fare better than in my area (too many turbo miatas and high powered Vettes running 315s/335s). Low-end torque is not a requirement for doing well at autocross. My 00 Civic Si I bought in Feb has been in the top 10 in PAX and Raw time a couple times this year, and has about 1/4 the torque that my green Z did, which only cracked the top 25% a couple of times. The difference is a very stiff suspension on a lightweight car that can fit decently large tires for the chassis (I run 225 F, 205 R on mine). Rule #1 - There's always a bastard! JRH(KY): for some reason, when I hear the word 'tranny' I think of transvestite before I do transmission. don't ask me why boileralum: FAGMO! ----------------------------------------- Bill (ImTheDevil): blah blah blah me: Just because you are covered in gasoline right now, doesn't mean you are right! ----------------------------------------- JRH (KY): I'm also using up a weekend this month for Indy and a weekend next month for the USGP. Throw in our trip to PA and GF is getting tired of my car habit. Boy I'm going to miss her :-D
Follow Ups	am i wrong in saying the Z is a poor autox car? - naZeer (Houston) 20:50:33 09/27/05 I dunno... F-bodies do really well in autox. (n/m) - aggiez32 20:52:09 09/27/05 ish (n/m) - tyler@boostpro.net 21:22:33 09/27/05 Z32's are better suited for road course's I think. - WickedZX (NoVA) 20:53:54 09/27/05 Better suited to roadcourses, yes ... but nobody said - Guapo 20:57:03 09/27/05 Autox = U + Driving a Z = Fun (n/m) - longhornz32(Dallas) 20:57:08 09/27/05 this is a time to learn about the car. Go. (n/m) - SuparexTT 21:06:12 09/27/05 Other cars might be better suited for AutoX... - BradZ (FL) 21:10:22 09/27/05 I disagree with... - ZLover4Life 21:38:03 09/27/05 autox car? - wilkendw 21:20:02 09/27/05 Like everyone else is saying - Ebola 21:25:23 09/27/05 Yes - Zster (Big Red) 21:27:52 09/27/05 HAHHA, this just cracks me up. - SuparexTT 23:38:06 09/27/05 low- end torque and Honda don't go together (n/m) - racer2fst 21:46:05 09/27/05 7th (n/m) - turtleboy 23:26:44 09/27/05 Yeah, like the massive low end torque on our cars. (n/m) - Rodger 01:27:06 09/28/05 We do have double digits before 6000rpm. - Kez43 09:44:44 09/28/05 It's plenty fun, but not really that competitive of a car. - boileralum 22:04:34 09/27/05 It's not the best on autocross, but I've seen Z's kicking - TheTwinZ (Peru) 23:25:30 09/27/05 Re: am i wrong in saying the Z is a poor autox car? - GOTZSPD 23:57:54 09/27/05 um, yes? - vorpalZ 00:38:29 09/28/05 Hmm... you're saying our Zs are "good" autox cars? - Z-Jay (Edmonton, AB) 09:19:58 09/28/05 It's not competative in any SCCA class - Rodger 01:30:32 09/28/05 I have a good deal of experience AutoXing my Z - Luke@tirerack 07:15:27 09/28/05 Do you compete with turbo'd Miatas? (n/m) - Z-Jay (Edmonton, AB) 09:18:00 09/28/05 yes ... several of them (n/m) - Luke@tirerack 12:58:17 09/28/05 I personally do not like autox, nor the scca classing system - Technomancer 09:30:44 09/28/05 If you want to win then get another car. - John(Houston) 11:20:40 09/28/05 Any time I'm driving the Z it's fun...autox or not. :) - Zfreak(Dallas) 18:53:46 09/28/05 Re: am i wrong in saying the Z is a poor autox car? - got rice? 19:23:30 09/28/05
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